We arrived in Bandung, the 4th largest city in Indonesia with a population of roughly 2.5 million and it's quite a modern city compared to the others we have been too.  It's also a very conservative city too, but we didn't know that before we had an impromptu stop in for some karaoke at a shopping centre.

The boys wanted to do some shopping and as always it mainly revolves around them getting credit for their phones.  I don't know what they would do if they didn't have their phones sometimes.  Although, in saying that, I'm always running around with my phone or laptop trying to snag any Wi-Fi hotspots as well.

We were about to go back to the hotel when the idea was thrown around about doing some innocent karaoke.  Ah why not.  It seems like the thing to do.  Well one jug of bintang went down way to quickly for the big group of us.. so a few more jugs came.  Then when the bintang wasn't doing the job, Seb decided it was time to call in the vodka, and for the polish guy in the room it's the only way he knows how to do it.

After a few brews we were all belting out the tunes.  Kim and I at least stuck with the old school Metallica beats, but the Melbourne lads were wanting to sing along to Kanye and 50 cent. Each to their own and it was helping the night carry on.  By the time we were all feeling pretty tired and wanting to go home it was an early 9pm, but Sheeny was looking worse for wear as the one armed bandit must have went too hard. 

We all woke up in the morning looking like a bus hit us, but on with the show.  After some drama's we had to deal with, we headed up to the Bandung hot springs.  This hot spring was much more 5-star than the hot spring we were at in Malang after the first round. 

These springs have been built around with a resort and many ordinary looking pools that are fed by the 42-degree water.  It wasn't as 'natural' as the Malang springs, but with all the rain around, and Bandung actually being a lot cooler than other cities, we were more than impressed to be floating around like a tea leaf in the hot water.  What a way to work off a hangover.

So now we're just sitting back at the hotel, with a few days left until the next Powercross event.  It's been raining flat out, so I doubt the track will be getting built until closer to the event and once again it will be a rush to get it done.  Check back in to see what happens.  We may also be going for a trail ride up in the mountains today, so hopefully our bikes turn up and we can go and have some fun.

Now that's a bike stand - perfectly done so the chair leg holds the bike up and the other chair leg stops the back wheel from rolling forward. Clever haha.

Team Evalube's bikes for Aussie FMX'ers and Racers.

Garuda flight landing in Malang. There's farms on the side of the runway with cows just standing there. Now that would suck if a cow just happened to be sitting in the middle of the runway!

Powercross track from Malang - All the big jumps were dug into the ground since there was not enough dirt

I think the Indonesian people were a little excited about Powercross. Roughly 10,000 spectators in Malang

Mason doing the hard work

That's right! I got Metallica - Master of Puppets played on Radio.

Advertisement for the 5 round Powercross series. A few mistakes obviously but there it is. It can be seen on almost every street in Malang

Selecta Water park entrance. They love their statues over here

My first dose of speaking Indonesian on the radio. I think it means Good afternoon, my name is Steve... or something like that.

Me and Kim Ashkenazi doing the radio interviews. Long day doing 3 radio stations with 4 hours sleep trying to understand Indonesian

Yep - that's a 4stroke under my graphics kit. Didn't think I'd see that again. Brand new KTM 250SX-F but I boiled her over in the hot conditions riding 2nd on the limiter to make 75ft.

Kim at the first radio station

Where we spent most of our time in Malang - little cafe over the road from the hotel that have the best mango and cookies and cream smoothies you'll ever have

We thought we were just riding 3 of the Mayor of Malang's bikes on our own. Word got out and there was about 30 riders who turned up for the full adventure ride into the mountains. Best day ever!

Sheeny enjoying the coy pond. Pretty relaxing until those big ones want to take your finger or toe

The Mayor of Malang's home and council headquarters. Very nice place!

Checking out the Mayor's range of photo's from the local Malang area and places we should go. Edi was one cool guy

The Mayor's bikes. Edi knows what he wants thats for sure. Fully customised KTM 250EXC-F and 450EXC-F's. There's something missing (yeah look for the brake pedal) Full automatic clutch so it's got back brake on the bars.

Lunch with Edi at his compound. Biggest prawns you'll have

The Mayor's meeting room. Looks like a university theatre. The boys decided it was time for work. Order... Order!

Army marching up the middle of the road in the middle of nowhere.

Lewis getting inked up... nice spelling too mate :)

Jogja museum with a 3D model of Indonesian island

MMmmmmm MM! Deep fried BAT! Heads and all

Sheeny and the boys chilling in Jogja

Clinton 'Runny Arse' Moore feeling worse for wear after a huge night

Mason wearing a boob tube to get a massage... I don't know why.. don't ask, i just think he wanted to wear it.

Yeahhh that's a lot of scooters going for the one bowser

Semarang radio station promo's with all the boys this time, oh and Rrrrrrrinnnyyyy

Parade through Semarang - Harley rider was classic - anything to get in a photo

Me on top of the Jeep during the parade

Semarang track getting built. Good track but plenty of rubbish mixed into the dirt

Adam the track builder.. even with the communication barrier he managed to build good tracks really really quickly!

Clinton taking the hacksaw blade to his 04 YZ... apparently jackhammers with a full plate just weren't working when he almost kicked it away

We need one more stand for the KTM... Stat! This is right at the Semarang track, just so happened to have a bloke with a welder and grinder to knock up a new stand for us on the spot

Qualifying on race day. Lewis going over the single-tabletop

Press conference that was swamped by the crowd

If I knew the photo I emailed was being used for a life-size poster for press conferences I would have at least smiled. Still cool but haha

Oh yeah, tick that box. I was opening the show by playing background drum beats for Sheeny and Clinton and then had a 45 second solo before my introduction. Closest I'll come to being a proper Rock Star haha

Kim Ashkenazi reviving his glory years in practice. Qualified 2nd only 1/100th of a second behind Lewis Woods

Blown CRF150 after it overheated in the mud

the ramp we were delivered... 3 stages don't work. Curve, flat, curve.

Dr. Steve taking care of poor old Sheeny

The new promo ad for Evalube? It's so smooth

Extra Joss... or Extra Josh? It's an energy drink in Indonesia that's made from grape juice.. Either way Sheeny is a celebrity

Hanging with the band. Typical rock star life, a few bottles of JD were empty and we had to drink straight out of the bottle. Ahh I'm not a bourbon drinker. It hurts.

Kim and his 'bencong'. Or Lady-boy. Haha, she picked him out from a mile away for a photo.

Lewis taking out top qualifier

Yep - It was muddy alright. This is the 'downramp'

Adam trying his best to work with what he had. Mud sucks

Parade through Purbalingga. Jeeps without rollbars or something to hold on to are a bit of a death-trap

First shower at 4pm. And we were still trying to work out how to do an FMX show?

Kim's bike getting the rebuild it needed before he went out and almost blew it up that night again

Sheeny and his fans

Part of the waterpark at the hotel.

Bit hard to get grip boys?

Dad used to tell me standing in cow-poo makes you grow 6 inches. I still got some growing to do.

And then I cut my toe while walking in the mud. Mmmm infection here we come. Hopefully the antiseptic will fix that one up.

Kicking out the jams! Back on the drum kit for another solo.

Other part of the water park. This place kicked arse. Green Valley resort, thank you!

Kim belting out Enter Sandman at Karaoke

Lewis singing his metro songs

Blake's mate, 'ranga' couldn't handle his thickshake and it went all over him!

Now that's a TV remote!

Sheeny finished off the night in the toilet... he was there for a good few hours

.... I don't even know what this was about

Drummer's shouldn't be singers as I proved

2 tickets to the Guns show

Clinton working the guns in Bandung Gym

Raining again in Bandung. Hoping the mud dries out and we can get a track happening

99ers radio station interview

Band playing the last set at Bandung Powercross

My bike after riding the Bandung show in the mud

Mosh pit in the mud and ruts watching the band rock it out

Ruts left in the downramp from landing. Some were up to the swingarm as we landed in them

Getting ready for the 'rolling thunder' parade. Riding TS 185's haha

Now that's a bike stand - perfectly done so the chair leg holds the bike up and the other chair leg stops the back wheel from rolling forward. Clever haha.

Team Evalube's bikes for Aussie FMX'ers and Racers.

Garuda flight landing in Malang. There's farms on the side of the runway with cows just standing there. Now that would suck if a cow just happened to be sitting in the middle of the runway!

Powercross track from Malang - All the big jumps were dug into the ground since there was not enough dirt

I think the Indonesian people were a little excited about Powercross. Roughly 10,000 spectators in Malang

Mason doing the hard work

That's right! I got Metallica - Master of Puppets played on Radio.

Advertisement for the 5 round Powercross series. A few mistakes obviously but there it is. It can be seen on almost every street in Malang

Selecta Water park entrance. They love their statues over here

My first dose of speaking Indonesian on the radio. I think it means Good afternoon, my name is Steve... or something like that.

Me and Kim Ashkenazi doing the radio interviews. Long day doing 3 radio stations with 4 hours sleep trying to understand Indonesian

Yep - that's a 4stroke under my graphics kit. Didn't think I'd see that again. Brand new KTM 250SX-F but I boiled her over in the hot conditions riding 2nd on the limiter to make 75ft.

Kim at the first radio station

Where we spent most of our time in Malang - little cafe over the road from the hotel that have the best mango and cookies and cream smoothies you'll ever have

We thought we were just riding 3 of the Mayor of Malang's bikes on our own. Word got out and there was about 30 riders who turned up for the full adventure ride into the mountains. Best day ever!

Sheeny enjoying the coy pond. Pretty relaxing until those big ones want to take your finger or toe

The Mayor of Malang's home and council headquarters. Very nice place!

Checking out the Mayor's range of photo's from the local Malang area and places we should go. Edi was one cool guy

The Mayor's bikes. Edi knows what he wants thats for sure. Fully customised KTM 250EXC-F and 450EXC-F's. There's something missing (yeah look for the brake pedal) Full automatic clutch so it's got back brake on the bars.

Lunch with Edi at his compound. Biggest prawns you'll have

The Mayor's meeting room. Looks like a university theatre. The boys decided it was time for work. Order... Order!

Army marching up the middle of the road in the middle of nowhere.

Lewis getting inked up... nice spelling too mate :)

Jogja museum with a 3D model of Indonesian island

MMmmmmm MM! Deep fried BAT! Heads and all

Sheeny and the boys chilling in Jogja

Clinton 'Runny Arse' Moore feeling worse for wear after a huge night

Mason wearing a boob tube to get a massage... I don't know why.. don't ask, i just think he wanted to wear it.

Yeahhh that's a lot of scooters going for the one bowser

Semarang radio station promo's with all the boys this time, oh and Rrrrrrrinnnyyyy

Parade through Semarang - Harley rider was classic - anything to get in a photo

Me on top of the Jeep during the parade

Semarang track getting built. Good track but plenty of rubbish mixed into the dirt

Adam the track builder.. even with the communication barrier he managed to build good tracks really really quickly!

Clinton taking the hacksaw blade to his 04 YZ... apparently jackhammers with a full plate just weren't working when he almost kicked it away

We need one more stand for the KTM... Stat! This is right at the Semarang track, just so happened to have a bloke with a welder and grinder to knock up a new stand for us on the spot

Qualifying on race day. Lewis going over the single-tabletop

Press conference that was swamped by the crowd

If I knew the photo I emailed was being used for a life-size poster for press conferences I would have at least smiled. Still cool but haha

Oh yeah, tick that box. I was opening the show by playing background drum beats for Sheeny and Clinton and then had a 45 second solo before my introduction. Closest I'll come to being a proper Rock Star haha

Kim Ashkenazi reviving his glory years in practice. Qualified 2nd only 1/100th of a second behind Lewis Woods

Blown CRF150 after it overheated in the mud

the ramp we were delivered... 3 stages don't work. Curve, flat, curve.

Dr. Steve taking care of poor old Sheeny

The new promo ad for Evalube? It's so smooth

Extra Joss... or Extra Josh? It's an energy drink in Indonesia that's made from grape juice.. Either way Sheeny is a celebrity

Hanging with the band. Typical rock star life, a few bottles of JD were empty and we had to drink straight out of the bottle. Ahh I'm not a bourbon drinker. It hurts.

Kim and his 'bencong'. Or Lady-boy. Haha, she picked him out from a mile away for a photo.

Lewis taking out top qualifier

Yep - It was muddy alright. This is the 'downramp'

Adam trying his best to work with what he had. Mud sucks

Parade through Purbalingga. Jeeps without rollbars or something to hold on to are a bit of a death-trap

First shower at 4pm. And we were still trying to work out how to do an FMX show?

Kim's bike getting the rebuild it needed before he went out and almost blew it up that night again

Sheeny and his fans

Part of the waterpark at the hotel.

Bit hard to get grip boys?

Dad used to tell me standing in cow-poo makes you grow 6 inches. I still got some growing to do.

And then I cut my toe while walking in the mud. Mmmm infection here we come. Hopefully the antiseptic will fix that one up.

Kicking out the jams! Back on the drum kit for another solo.

Other part of the water park. This place kicked arse. Green Valley resort, thank you!

Kim belting out Enter Sandman at Karaoke

Lewis singing his metro songs

Blake's mate, 'ranga' couldn't handle his thickshake and it went all over him!

Now that's a TV remote!

Sheeny finished off the night in the toilet... he was there for a good few hours

.... I don't even know what this was about

Drummer's shouldn't be singers as I proved

2 tickets to the Guns show

Clinton working the guns in Bandung Gym

Raining again in Bandung. Hoping the mud dries out and we can get a track happening

99ers radio station interview

Band playing the last set at Bandung Powercross

My bike after riding the Bandung show in the mud

Mosh pit in the mud and ruts watching the band rock it out

Ruts left in the downramp from landing. Some were up to the swingarm as we landed in them

Getting ready for the 'rolling thunder' parade. Riding TS 185's haha